Vibe-coding a kid-friendly AI fortune teller for your Halloween festivities | Marco Casalaina

In this impromptu Halloween special, Marco Casalaina (VP of Products for Core AI at Microsoft) demonstrates how he uses GitHub Spark to quickly build a mobile app that generates kid-friendly fortunes for trick-or-treaters. *Where to find Marco Casalaina:* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcocasalaina/ X: https://x.com/amrcn_werewolf?lang=en *Where to find Claire Vo:* ChatPRD: https://www.chatprd.ai/ Website: https://clairevo.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/ X: https://x.com/clairevo *In this episode, we cover:* (00:00) Intro (00:40) Marco’s Halloween fortune teller tradition (02:54) Using GitHub Spark to create a fortune teller app (04:32) Using Spec Kit for scoping out complex feature specs (06:53) Making fortunes more concrete and kid-friendly (10:20) Closing thoughts *Tools referenced:* • GitHub Spark: https://github.com/features/spark • SpecKit: https://github.com/github/spec-kit • GitHub Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot • Cursor: https://cursor.com/ • Claude Code: https://www.claude.com/product/claude-code _Production and marketing by https://penname.co/._ _For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email jordan@penname.co._

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Released: October 31, 2025
Duration: 11m
Channel: How I AI
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In this impromptu Halloween special, Marco Casalaina (VP of Products for Core AI at Microsoft) demonstrates how he uses GitHub Spark to quickly build a mobile app that generates kid-friendly fortunes for trick-or-treaters. *Where to find Marco Casalaina:* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcocasalaina/ X: https://x.com/amrcn_werewolf?lang=en *Where to find Claire Vo:* ChatPRD: https://www.chatprd.ai/ Website: https://clairevo.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/ X: https://x.com/clairevo *In this episode, we cover:* (00:00) Intro (00:40) Marco’s Halloween fortune teller tradition (02:54) Using GitHub Spark to create a fortune teller app (04:32) Using Spec Kit for scoping out complex feature specs (06:53) Making fortunes more concrete and kid-friendly (10:20) Closing thoughts *Tools referenced:*
GitHub Spark: https://github.com/features/spark
SpecKit: https://github.com/github/spec-kit
GitHub Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot
Cursor: https://cursor.com/
Claude Code: https://www.claude.com/product/claude-code
_Production and marketing by https://penname.co/._ _For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email jordan@penname.co._

SPEAKERS

Claire Vo
host
Marco Casalaina
guest

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of How I AI, featuring Claire Vo and Marco Casalaina, Vibe-coding a kid-friendly AI fortune teller for your Halloween festivities | Marco Casalaina explores building a kid-friendly AI fortune teller app with GitHub Spark A technical hiccup (“haunted” by expired corporate credit cards) turns the episode into a short, improvised Halloween vibe-coding session.

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